ELLIE

"Halt," Victor's voice echoed around the room.

All the ferals froze, snarling and spitting.

In the same instant, Cohen's arms wrapped around me and he swept me and Kate behind his back.

Victor laughed, a crazy sound that raised the hair on my body. It was too high pitched. Too off sounding to be from anyone retaining a single scrap of sanity.

I pressed my palms against Cohen's back and peeked around his shoulder. Kate did the same to me. ...